Indian oil market outlook to 2030
The Report looks in-depth at how India’s role on the global oil market may evolve over the period through to 2030. It examines investment plans for the refining and petrochemical industry and how these
Oil
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Is this scientific proof of climate change?Scientists witness carbon dioxide trapping heat in air for first time
Scientists have witnessed carbon dioxide trapping heat in the atmosphere above the United States, showing human-made climate change 'in the wild' for the first time. A new study in the journal Nature
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Obama Vetoes Bill Pushing Pipeline Approval
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday rejected an attempt by lawmakers to force his hand on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, using his veto pen to sweep aside one of the first major challenges to his authority
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Natural resources and conflict: a guide for mediation practitioners
Natural resources such as land, timber, water as well as extractive resources have played an important role in igniting and prolonging conflict - particularly in fragile states where management and oversight
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Calculating and reporting the potential greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel reserves: draft recommendations
This paper outlines a draft recommended methodology for quantifying and reporting the potential emissions from the fossil fuel reserves held by coal, oil and gas companies. It concentrates only on the
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Stormy seas, rising risks: what investors should know about climate change impacts at oil refineries
This report focuses on facilities run by the top five U.S. refining companies, assessing both the extent of their climate risk and the companies’ failure to address that risk and publicly disclose it to
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Low oil price threat and opportunity for renewables: U.N. climate chief
The current low oil price is both good and bad for the renewable energy sector, United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres said on Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Crude
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US-China climate deal offers hope for Paris negotiations: Obama
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the climate change deal signed by the US and China last November offers hope for reaching a global agreement in the Paris negotiations at the end of this year.
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Falling oil prices threaten electric cars and biofuels
Tumbling oil prices look set to hit electric cars and biofuels harder than other parts of the green power industry, the head of the world’s leading renewable energy agency has warned. That is because
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Activists say Obama action on methane emissions 'misses 90% of pollution'
Barack Obama has defied a Republican Congress to move ahead on his climate agenda on Wednesday, cracking down on methane emissions from America's oil and natural gas boom. In a further use of the president's
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At least one major oil company will turn its back on fossil fuels, says scientist
The oil price crash coupled with growing concerns about global warming will encourage at least one of the major oil companies to turn its back on fossil fuels in the near future, predicts an award-winning